[CAUT] Harpsichord popping strings

Ron Nossaman rnossaman at cox.net
Tue Oct 12 13:16:44 MDT 2010


On 10/12/2010 1:52 PM, Ed Sutton wrote:
> Ron is correct, if anyone knows what is a reasonable break% for a
> harpsichord, or more precisely, a harpsichord in institutional
> circumstances, which rarely provide adequate care for the more delicate
> instruments.

The intent wasn't to start another thread speculating on what the true 
and correct guessed break% should be in institutional situations, but 
rather to find out what the numbers are in the real and actual strings 
that are currently breaking, as opposed to the numbers in real and 
actual strings that are not.

Ron N


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